MAIDEN
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Maid"en (m&ā;d"'n), n. [OE. maiden, meiden, AS. mægden, dim. of AS. mægð, fr. mago son, servant; akin to G. magd, m&ä;dchen, maid, OHG. magad, Icel. m&ö;gr son, Goth. magus boy, child, magaps virgin, and perh. to Zend. magu youth. Cf. Maid a virgin.] 1. An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.
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She employed the residue of her life to repairing of highways, building of bridges, and endowing of maidens.
Carew.
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A maiden of our century, yet most meek.
Tennyson.
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2. A female servant. [Obs.]
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3. An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals. Wharton.
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4. A machine for washing linen.
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Maid"en, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence. “Amid the maiden throng.” Addison.
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Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ?
Shak.
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2. Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt. “A surprising old maiden lady.” Thackeray.
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3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused. “Maiden flowers.” Shak.
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Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword.
Shak.
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4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated. T. Warton. Macaulay.
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Maiden assize (Eng. Law), an assize which there is no criminal prosecution; an assize which is unpolluted with blood. It was usual, at such an assize, for the sheriff to present the judge with a pair of white gloves. Smart. -- Maiden name, the surname of a woman before her marriage. -- Maiden pink. (Bot.) See under Pink. -- Maiden plum (Bot.), a West Indian tree (Comocladia integrifolia) with purplish drupes. The sap of the tree is glutinous, and gives a persistent black stain. -- Maiden speech, the first speech made by a person, esp. by a new member in a public body. -- Maiden tower, the tower most capable of resisting an enemy. -- maiden voyage the first regular service voyage of a ship.
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Maid"en, v. t. To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object.
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For had I maiden'd it, as many use.
Loath for to grant, but loather to refuse.
Bp. Hall.
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Maiden grass, the smaller quaking grass. -- Maiden tree. See Ginkgo.
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